Truth is often stranger than fiction which is why history novels are so fun to read. That is the case with "The Taking of K-129." K-129 was a Russian sub lost at sea and found by the U.S. The CIA ...

As you can guess from the spoiler-alert title of The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History, the CIA was able to retrieve ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. Noticing unusual activity in the area the US checked data from its listening posts (SOSUS or sound ...

Like all subs operating during the height of the Cold War, K-129 went to sea in full battle rattle. Back in Washington, deep inside the Pentagon’s inner ring, Jim Bradley had an idea. Bradley, a ...

It kind of reminds me of that embarrassing scene in the Hunt for Red October where the Soviet ambassador to the U.S. asks an American official for help finding another missing sub. Well, Cold War ...